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Fred Berry
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Scientist-Developmental Biology, Skeleton
Seeking knowledge in all things-Cooking, Music, Beer, Running
Haven't met a rabbit hole I didn't like
Edmonton, Canada
https://sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/fredberrylab/
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fbberry.bsky.social
Maybe no one wants to watch a MK Dons game and need other distractions?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
New technology a 'game changer' for stadium fans say experts
Innovation developed with the University of Bristol will help enchance the experience for fans.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Reposted by Fred Berry
diffjournal.bsky.social
Mirco Galiè summarizes studies that support the hypothesis that the partially or fully mesenchymal phenotype might represent a general paradigm of stem cell plasticity underlying embryonic development, regenerative potential, as well as their pathological counterparts: https://bit.ly/3JADAW0
Fig. 2. According to the traditional concept of mesenchyme, during embryonic development, mesenchymal-like tissues form through EMT from epithelial-shaped tissues in two major steps at the early stages of gastrulation. Specifically, the primary mesenchyme originates from the epiblast to form mesoderm and primitive endoderm; this process is regarded as the prototype of EMT. Subsequently, the mesoderm reverts to an epithelial morphology to generate transient embryonic structures, including somites, which then undergo a further round of EMT to generate secondary mesenchyme. Secondary mesenchyme is considered the embryonic connective tissue and provides the precursors of the connective tissues of the adult body.
November 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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jaredwesley.ca
My latest on three important questions about the UCP's use of the notwithstanding clause.

open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Can they? Must they? Should they?
Three questions to answer about the UCP's use of the notwithstanding clause
open.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:06 PM
fbberry.bsky.social
Happy Halloween
youtube.com/watch?v=Yy9h...
Bela Lugosi's Dead (Official Version)
YouTube video by Bauhaus - Topic
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October 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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aineurolab.bsky.social
We are looking for graduate students to start in the summer or autumn 2026. Open to students with BSc or MSc degrees.

Come explore the maritime region of Canada and do developmental and cellular neuroscience.

Please see attached poster. Appreciate reskeets. #DevBio, #Neuroscience 🧪
October 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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jaredwesley.ca
Sky Palace
Sky Box
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October 28, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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diffjournal.bsky.social
NEW: The Editors-in-Chief of Differentiation, @rogerslabucd.bsky.social, @uribelab.bsky.social, and Loydie Jerome-Majewska, have curated a special collection of papers, “Osteo biology: from differentiation to regeneration.” Explore the collection: https://bit.ly/3JlXEey
Fig. 3. Effects of OPG on localization of CD44, CD47, DC-STAMP, ATP6V0D2 and Connexin43 in fusing OCs and precursors. From "Exploring the impact of osteoprotegerin on osteoclast and precursor fusion: Mechanisms and modulation by ATP," by Yunwen Peng et al.
October 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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josh.shapiro.foo
I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything by AI. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed with AI, or buy anything sold or processed with AI, or process anything sold, bought, or processed by AI, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed by AI.
nparmalee.bsky.social Nancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · Oct 9
I don’t want to generate or receive an email, document, manuscript, PowerPoint deck, post it note, grocery list, novel, film, or hit list that has been generated with AI.
resnikoff.bsky.social Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · Oct 9
I write because I love writing. I love writing even when I'm struggling with a writing problem that is killing me. Finding a way through that problem is both intensely rewarding and also helps me become a better writer. There is no reason for me to ever outsource that.
October 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
fbberry.bsky.social
Here's a great exercise, see how many logical fallacies are made in this article on bettering education and critical thinking
Danielle Smith: Maybe we need to defund public schools | Globalnews.ca
Maybe every independent school needs to be fully funded and we need to phase out every government run, union-controlled public school more interested in indoctrinating students than teaching them crit...
globalnews.ca
September 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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penghuang031.bsky.social
Thrilled to share our latest work from my fantastic postdoc fellow Dr. Emilio Méndez-Olivos: Pdgfab/Pdgfra-mediated chemoattraction guides the migration of sclerotome-derived fibroblast precursors in zebrafish, now published in @plosbiology.org! 1/8
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Pdgfab/Pdgfra-mediated chemoattraction guides the migration of sclerotome-derived fibroblast precursors in zebrafish
During vertebrate development, fibroblast precursors migrate from the sclerotome to specific tissues, but the mechanisms that guide these precursors remain unclear. This study shows that Pdgfab/Pdgfra...
dx.plos.org
September 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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tdcapellini.bsky.social
1) I am delighted to present this terrific tour de force research conducted by my post-doc Dr. Gayani Senevirathne @gayani.bsky.social and published today in Nature -
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps - Nature
The human pelvis exhibits distinct spatiotemporal ossification patterns and an ilium cartilage growth plate that is shifted perpendicularly compared with those of other mammals and non-human primates—...
www.nature.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
fbberry.bsky.social
I thought I had a nemesis. When I finally met them, they were awesome and our labs started helping each other.
August 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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gisellegeneral.bsky.social
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It’s you.

If you believe in compassionate, community-rooted leadership, tell your friends, family, and neighbours.

Let’s make sure Ward sipiwiyiniwak knows it has a real choice this election.

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July 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
fbberry.bsky.social
The Linda Lindas are fantastic. Go see them if you can
nardwuarserviette.bsky.social Nardwuar the Human Serviette @nardwuarserviette.bsky.social · Jul 15
Here’s a clip of a *new* interview I did with The Linda Lindas ! Check out the *FULL* interview at youtu.be/QYMcdP2zERs Doot doo !
July 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
fbberry.bsky.social
A nice night to be out on the trails
July 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
fbberry.bsky.social
I spent the morning taking the Alberta Next Surveys. The format is very similar to something an 8 year would make to convince their parents to get a puppy. Before answering any questions you need to watch a 3-4 min propaganda video heavily skewed to support the question. #abpoli 1/n
June 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social
Alberta as we know it today simply would not exist without the millions of immigrants and refugees who built it, who loved it, and who were proud to call it home - including my grandparents and my mum. This bitter xenophobia is as unAlbertan as it’s possible to be. I’m ashamed. I’m disgusted.
June 25, 2025 at 1:17 AM
fbberry.bsky.social
Great work Peng!
June 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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gisellegeneral.bsky.social
A great meeting at the Summerlea AGM tonight, learning about their city concerns and recognizing the volunteers in the community league.

Share your input and concerns anytime after reading the preliminary platform!
www.gisellegeneral.ca/platform

#yegCC #yegVote
June 18, 2025 at 3:44 AM
fbberry.bsky.social
At Disneyland with the kids and Celine Dion shut a ride so her family could jump the queue. Did meet Dolores O'Riordan in line for Space Mountain though
bolt451.bsky.social Deck the Halls with Bolt451 @bolt451.bsky.social · Jun 13
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie

Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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simmondlab.bsky.social
And now a word from one of the Canadian Developmental Biology Conference sponsors. Greg Plummer from @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social showing some of the new imaginag systems for developmental biology. #CDBC2025
May 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
fbberry.bsky.social
Hmm... I never thought of that in this way.
jaredwesley.ca Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · May 17
Carney's new cabinet is missing some important western voices, including from several prairie cities.

I find it awkward that the same folks who rail against EDI are crying foul on this point.

But there's more to it than that. 🧵
May 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
fbberry.bsky.social
Fuzzy yellow cobra chickens
A yellow gosling on the river shore and another wading in the river 2 goslings at the side of a creek with their mother nearby
May 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
fbberry.bsky.social
I'm always jealous of warmer growing conditions. But this one has been going strong for 15 years
A small green shrub (more like a twig) with three violet flowers
May 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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natcellbio.nature.com
💫NEW: Taylor & co report that the presence of leptomeningeal metastatic #tumor cells leads to the recruitment and remodeling of #fibroblasts, which, in turn, facilitate the colonization and outgrowth of #medulloblastoma cells in the leptomeninges.
bit.ly/3ESVYac
Metastatic medulloblastoma remodels the local leptomeningeal microenvironment to promote further metastatic colonization and growth - Nature Cell Biology
Abeysundara, Rasnitsyn, Fong et al. report that the presence of leptomeningeal metastatic tumour cells leads to the recruitment and remodelling of fibroblasts, which, in turn, facilitate the colonizat...
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May 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM